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Telegram-herald., 1887-02-08
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iof tn8 use ot tne inhabitants oi sad village
4ai 90 supply the reservoirs Tor eNtingulsh-
'rH ores. cAli supply " water shall oe OO-
tanned ron the springs Oi water IN and
3tout sad village from Coido-0oks from
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
FLEET LOCOMOTIVES.
A Novel Experiment on the sOuthsra Rs

a Novsl Experiment on the sOuthern Rail-
road % France.
Il Il within the recollection Of Young
men Of this day that the horse which
trotted q mile In $40 was one Of the
fast ones. and whsn talk Of q steam
locomotive making . mile In . minute
was received With expressions Of ihcred-
ulity. To-day the limit for . looOuio-
tiFe is little mors than half that sx-
pressed In the phrase. - mile q
minute" Engiheer7John Hogan, on
the Philadelphia q Reading Railroad
engine No. 1S4. has driven Il AZ the as
tonishlng speed Of . mile In thirty
eight seconds Other engineers, with
Reading engines Nos. sos. ell. %, o.,
80 and 90. have made miles IN forty
three aud forty-four seconds. Hogan's
speed Is at the rate Of over nlDety-four
miles per hour those Of the others are
respectfully elghty-three and half and
almost eighty-twO miles PSF hour.
These high rates Of speed were msde
under circumstances al Ol which were
favorable 70 q successful test
These are extreme limits Of hlgi
speed for short distances, bat looomo-
dve builders are emulous 10 Increase
the speed Of their machines so that an
average speed Of eighty miles per hour
shall replace the old time limit Of sixty.
A novelty in the line Of engine build
lag lie just now attracting the attention
Of engineers and builders Itis loco
motive designed By NJ Estrade, a
graduate Of L'Ecols Polytechniqus.
witch is 70 be experimental With Of
Gae Southern lines Of France. The new
locomotive depends on its large sized
driving wheels for its speed Uf seventy
eight miles per hour which Il Is ex.
Pected 70 attain The engine. tender
and coaches are fitted with wheels
eight and one-hah feet ia diameter.
The engine Is Of the outside cylinder
type. With slide valve on TIP d eyiln-
der and su the gearing carried outside.
The average speed which the locomo-
tive is expected to make is between
seventy-two and seventy-eight miles
per hour with . train Of loaded
coaches.
Of course II the French engine aver
Gges the speed expected she viii BE-
abls 70 make ''spurts' exceeding ans
thing on record.-BostoB Advertiser.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10

The prisoners do more o. less trad.
ing among themselves, money tobacco.
sugar and similar articles being the
stock in trade. The male inmates alsc
90 in for little amussment among
themselves One speciality. which az
foris amusement aud a trade com
hined, is the administering Of lashes,
one prisoner with another, in exchange
for half a cup Of sugsr. piece Of to
haceo or q trinket. One receives the
whipping and the sugar, while the 9th
~ apply the rid and enjoy the fun
Our parry was informed that some Of
the negroes thought nothing of the
la.h. aud would take .'thirty nine
without finch. such ones sre moi
plenty
OF the white men and women among
the prisoners. but few are able to read
or write. The greater portion Of al
who oceupy cells in the prison Wert
committed for thieving. This Is par
tieularly the case with the women Pris-
oners. who are in q wing Of the Pen[
Tertiary by themselves. The women
do stitching. although good part Of
the sewing machines are in another
part Of the prison and are operated b
meR.-IyHH (N1ss. Item.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10

ton for an inferior. OF mute sacrifice
some such trihe. each in itself 70 un-
remarkable that had il stood alone it
had been scarce perceived. bat forming
only one. a. Il were. Of a series ~ little
genial. unselfsh bubbles with which
those Of the fright sort arr forever
Overfowing. gradually these build up
FOR him 3 reputation. and il j. shown
that he Is always saving nice things,
doing nice deeds. thinking kind.
worthy. pleasant thoughts In his
company il j. difficult to be depressed
or uneasy. and that. not because he j.
an inveterate joker or good fellow. foI
he may b. by no means an entertaining.
sull less a funny man; but he has a
CHEEKY way Of listening, (and. ma4k,
he listens rather than talks. a. n Tulel.
he seduces 8 confidence by his bearing.
and relieves an oppression hy his SYM
patty. Words Of wisdom or If counsel
he may not have % bestOW. but his
very nod Of scquiescence Is cOmf0rta-
bic, and when he metsphorically pats
you on the back you feel chirped up
for the day. You may tell old stories
before him without fear; he will never
cut you short, and know the point be-
IRE you come 20 II. His laugh will be
deceptively real and spontaneous Just
at the right place; If he has 10 set you
right in = mistake, which ought not o.
be repeated, he win see such admirable
reasons for your having gone wrong
that your self-esteem suffers nothing al
his hands. and il you confide to him
that you have made a fool Of yourself
he Is only TOO certain that in your place
be would have done the same.
Those Of the right sort have one gift
above all Others-they are never in the
way. On the contrary. the only COM
plant ever put forth against them on
this head Is that occasionally they are
hardly in the way enough; they can not
always be found when wanted. Ouite
unwittingly he or she does now and
then wander on At an incouvenient
moment just when the carriage 10 al
the door or the boat At the landing. for
IL must be owned thst the right sort
have q knack Of being oblivious as 10
hours; but directly tits understood that
the offender is only SO-and-So. Il
may be perceived that pardon and for.
giveness, excuse and apology will be
offered all around "Only" betrays the
feelings with which the defaulter is re-
garded. No one can be seriously put
out with "Only" Teddy, who has dis
appeared from human ken. goodness
knows why, just when every one else
u assembling; nor with ''only" the
dear old Colonel. who lifts his gray
bFoWS at the hare idea Of being waited
for; nor with ''only" the absent-minded
scholar. who from distant background
calmly investigates proceedings. dream
ing Of nothing else than that ever hid.
ing-plsce. high and low, is being ran
sacked In search Of him. and that while
he vaguely wonders why the party
does not start be himself IL the spoke
In the wheel When it IS made oleai
70 him eventually, We may be sure the
mildest OF reproschss viii be conveyed
In words whose very sting is fattery:
I'VE could not 60 without you; Of
course we waited London Queen.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
MALICIOUS ADVICE.
A Hslas6y for vsruia Warranted - ksi
or Curs n . Pew Moments.

A Rslss6y for Vsruia Warranted - k;i'
or Curs n . Pew Moments.
A peculiar lawsuit has Just bee5
brought before the Circuit Court 1t Gal
latin, Tom. Josiah L Barnes was the
owner o. an old horse. The animal hsd
rather long hair. and unlntentIOnslly
harbOred Insects indignantly but cor
rectly known IS lice. These insects
we're 90 rAvenous Of appetite that the
horse began 10 show signs Of his IN
sbIlIty to support them. They would
arouse him At sll times Of night, regard
Ing him - q restaurant Whers meals
were served ct ell hours. and annoyed
the unfortunate animal uutn be was
scarcely sbls 10 draw . bull-tongue
pillow. Barnes tried numerous kinds Of
poisonous liquids. but fcuud nothing
that would kill the Iuseots or even
lesson their demand for food
One evening while Barnes was medl-
iadng upon the lnsvitsbls fate Of his
morse q fellow named Whitesides came
along and asked how the animal was
getting aloag.
mighty bad" Barnes replied.
ITS q strange thing % ma" said
WhitesldeA that you win allow him
10 Be eat up that way"
"HOv can I help itP I have tried
every thing hat The neighbors recon-
mend. but nOthia' does any good"
''Dn you ricollsck that bay hoss Of
Wat 0oostres's9'' Whltesides asked
Mighty well"
well" continued Whltesides. 81
kncwed him when he was Wus OG than
yore boss t."
''How did Wat cure him?'
ivy. he done as the folks do down
In the Honey Run settlement he
poured coal oil al over the horse an
set &c on fra"
IVY. that HEs enough % KIN him
'But Il done him good. Burnt Of
q little % the hair. bat Il come back
again better than ever. Wall ! must
be gOin."
Shortly after WhItessdes left Mrs
Barnes, who had net heard the con
versation. asked her husband what b
vas going 70 do with the jug Of c0Al
Oh.
Coin 70 wet old Bill whit"
That VOa't do no good"
"Yss It viii. fur Tn gOin' to set &c
afre."
my gracious alive. man, Il VIII hurt
him."
That's all ron know abont L.
WiminmAy Be Is smart IS a man about
some things. but they're ignunt about
h0sses-plumiguunt"
'Josiah. fur pity sake. don't"
Go on. now; 20 on You've 81
around the house tel you don't know
q thing about science. Go on away. /
tell wa"
He saturated the horse aud then
tOaehsd him H4th-a lighted mstsh ~
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
PERSONAL AND lMPeasoNAL.


George Westinghouse. Jr.. the in.
vsntOr Of the Westinghouse air-brsks,
O. rated ct seven million dollars
Mr.. POwderly has received nearly
eighteen thousand letters. and has IN.
nWored ten Thousand Of them within
the past year.
M Diblsr, the execuiioner Of Paris
isfond Of birds and music. He has .
large and well-stocked sviary. and is .
capital performer on the violin.
-Wurtsmburg. Germany. has q re-
marksble mind-reader in the person Of
aPeasant girl nineteen years old. who.
V asked = question in the daytime in .
language unknown % her. will respond
70 e sitter dark in same language. She
Is said to shed her hair periodically.
Joseph N. Douglas. Of Nevada City,
Cal. an eccentric miser whose wealth
is estimated az five million dollars, was
recsntly fined one hundred dollars anS
put IN fail for twenty-fonr hours for
coatenpt Of court lie didn't mind thG
confinement. but the fine nearly broke
HE heart.
1t is definitely known that Wit
tOria Colonna was buried In a small aud
obscure church in Rome. now being de-
molished. SAINT Anna del Falegnami
and the archeolOgists and literary pe0-
pie Of thai city are anEiously expecting
the discovery Of the cypress wood
cofln. lined with embroidered velvet, ="
placed In the grave.-N J. Epdepend-
eHt.
Lord Roseberrv speaking Of ''VOl-
aPuk." says that he regards with ave
The scheme for celebrating a language
fOs international correspondence; but
he does firmly believe that within 9
century correspondence ia the same
tongue will he carried on in some form
of shorthand. and that the stress and
pressure Of public life will make it a
necessity.
A bachelor in Frankfort, Germany,
advertised for "a helpmate q agree
sble exterior aud good education;
money q secondary consideration.
he received S.6fS offers OF these.
2.iS7 came from Germany aud 2S7
from Frankfort. There were / 1927 who
said nothing shout their fortune. and
ISIS gave their wealth &C various
Agures from ego % $4,000. Photo
SsAPhs accompanied sis Of tAs oGers
and e cost the advertiser nearly $3.50
tOF return postage on them He picked
out . poor Hanoverian maiden and
married her.
-&&eTmAn papers relate that The
singer. Marie Fullo. who recently died
10 81 Petersburg. left diamonds valued
e 150. O0of to the eldest son Of the
Gar. She stated in her will that she
selected him as her heir because she
had received the diamonds from q near
relative Of bis. and knew % no one bet
Ter entitled to them than the heir pre-
sumptive Of the Russian crown. Il is
aid that the young Grand Duke Mich
elias intends to turn the diamonds over
70 several religious lhstitutions.-BoS-
fOH Transcript.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
"A nTTLE HoNsEnsE .

Why is q jack-O-lsntern like 3
Wsteh-keyP Because there's q In
both O.. B.. This answer will 81
any cOnundrum)
Yacht OWner-"Hawl What's the
next move. cAptainP" Csptain-"Drop
the hawser Yacht oWner-"HaWl
do you mean 70 insult me. sirP-,Jtldge
You can now send q postal card h
China Cor two cents, but unless you
have made q special study Of tea chests,
you won't have any thing very intelIigi-
be to say.-Jsrsey City Journal.
Private (arm IN arm with his sweet
heart, meets his sergeant In the garden
- q restsurAut.) Sergeant. my sis
ter" Sergeant know; she was
Tuins once ~ berstCGldeT ZeiiHHg.
Got Stuck on Her
HE arm erept tlnidly round her waist.
TN . Pin destroyed his Flee;
But he maiden said, win never blush:
Il pinned my affection 81 thee"
-TeEGs SifiiHGS.
"A yellow street dog Is never NOR
reckless In the presence Of gamins than
sn . hard. cold day. for then he knows
ell the tin-cans and stones are frozen
20 solidly 10 the ground that the boys
can't move them.-Puck.
20, mammal exclaimed little
Edith, running into the house nearly
cut % breath, there's going to be 3
marriage deception over to Mrs. Upp-
um's this evening" Marriage decep-
toni HINT what ridiculous blunders
children do make sometimesr'-BoSton
Transcript
ii see. said bIr. Mcslugen, that
they have organized a Mix Trust Com
pany in Chicago" "A Milk Trust
CompaRyl Well. that's something like.
I wish they'd organize one here; aud a
Beefstsak Trust Company. too. This
thing Of being dunned by the butcher
is sWfully tiresOme. ~ Washington
Crftic.
A citizen Of Munich. who was short
e funds, had recourse 70 the following
original scheme for raising tbs wind:
BE ordered . cOnfectoner 10 make D
pie for his wife's birthday, containing
ss . surprise . lining of new twenty
Pienhig pieces The msn was now r.
lisvUd, but the confectloner IL still
wsieng Cor his meley.-Dsr GreHsbOts
The Ere 10 Colonel Doggerty'f
wagon factory recently" saws Colo
radO paper. was largely attended.
Among the prominent society people
Who were present we noted Judge and
Hrs WithsrsP0oR. Senator and ArA
Roiodsxtsr and daughter. Governor
Standish aad Miss Van der H0rok. Mira
SsnatOr RoihdoKter administered
neat and severn rebuke 10 one Of the
&ensn ssrIyin the PrOoeeaings- Step
Pingup % . hoseman she touched be
GAoaldeF and said sharply: Play 3
loSsr down, you red-headed ehump-
gst d 6ewn where the ire isl You fel.
lsrs Ein't expected 10 put out the North
etarl' "-cifesyS TFI5a.ss.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
TRoUsLEs OF TOURISTS.
rhs Dimcultiss IN the way Of Obtaining
Parcel % Naples.

ms Dimcultiss In the way Of Obtaining =
Parcel 10 Naples.
Let US suppose that on reaching
ZONE the visitor hears that 3 parcel
rom England awaits him at the rail-
way station Unable to 60 himself. be
ends his servant with the money. the
'ficisl receipt, aud q written request
% the station master to hand the parcel
20 the bearer. Guat ought 10 sufice,
ne thinks; but no one accustomed to
NeapOlltan wayI will be surprised to
learn that Il does not The bearer Of
the note Il unknown personally 70 the
'tation master. and he must Be ideutI-
led Fortunately this Is not 3 difficult
task. and q mutual acquaintance Is I'M
,arthed close by. But new difficulty
5 a. once forthcoming. The parcel is
declared 70 be Of value, (though OBJ
Tiously only s suit Of elothss.) and the
ignor must either present himself in
person or appOint an accredited agent
o deliver the parcel at bis house.
Next day. accordingly. the signOT pre-.
ients himself; but here again identiA.
:atiOn is required, and this time il is
attended with 80 much trouble that IN
lisgust he accepts the services Of an
accredited agent The following day
this gentleman presents himself
With the parcel. and the salts
faction Is tempered by the little
icoount produced with t. There Is.
irst Of all. the cost Of the carriage;
shen the ordinary customs: then the
town dues; then Il charge for every
lay that Il has been lying at the sta
ton; then the agents charge. his
tram. an extra sou or two because Il L
warm day. and a glass Of wine 20
wash it all down. On the next occa-
sion when = parcel is sent from En-
gland. our visitor determines that Il
shall not be sent as 4 thing of value.
and that il shall take its chance. bur
only to find that Il makes no difference
A new set OF excuses is framed. and il
Is not until the authority has made his
little profit that the parcel reaches its
destination. We have ourselves never
vet been able to discover whether this
Is legalized or Illegal robbery. but on
me occasion we endeavorcd to escape
the blackmsiling by directing the par
eel 70 be sent on by post This was no
advantage; the gain appeared to be
transferred from the station-mgster 20
postmaster, though perhaps they went
halves. This latter was almost n gen
tlemRn in appearance, hut be was not
above accepting an extra three sous,
which the stespness Of the hill had
given him the excuse TO ask for.-AtIr.
r5I'S Aagasins.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10

this time Il vas dark. and - tne moon
had not arisea. tie spectacle Of blas-
ing horse bounding through the woods
afforded the grandest piece Of FIRE
works the people had ever seen Ne
groes. thinking that Satan had surely
come. fed for their lives; aud when the
horse stopped in Ben Hsrding's barn
yard long enough "a. set FIRE n = num-
Der Of hay-staeks. It wss thought that
the night Of judgment had arrived.
The horse soon died. Of course. ard the
frightened people. discovering the cause
Of their terror. became calm Barnes
has brought suit against Whitesides
charging him with malicious adviee.-
.ArE1nsai5 Traveller.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
AoREEAsls PEOPLE.


Pulsaas VFboaa PFessacs Addt % ths Pleas-
Urs e BTerg Clreis-
klnoss every bodg knows some Peo-
plo. who are neither great people nor
snart peOplN neither rich nor clever.
go those who make themselves useful
n hoass or on the moor. yet who are
snphaticAlly people Of the right
sorS;" modestly unohtrusive, though
sOriable; responsive. rather than origi-
sative; thinking little Of themselves
end . great deal 81 others, Vet 20 tar
trom being tronblesomely difident thai
ever overture Of friendly kind b Sc
cure of belng met half wsy-Pe0ple
whom No one ever thinks Of snubbing
% slightiBg. Who cone ihtO a room
suFe a welcome, who fnd the world .
sunny spot and bask in an atmOsPherv
a smiles. and who In consequence are
invited everywhere. priSed a. an add
tioa to every party. and universally
regretted when the hour Of departure
cones
Such are very often quite humble
AAlA.a cNlAaA4 ~ AAAAAA NaA-1 Nfaaaa-A -
men Who have % stint themselves in
oTaer 10 bestOW the regulation tip
% The pampered keeper-yet even he
recoEuizes . something in them which
works uPon his selfish feelings and in
spires dim respect; It Is not alone for
The prospective sovereign chat be has q
faaey % place one Of the right sort
ia the best Of the butts on a grouse
drive IN the waTmesf corner Of the
slubble-6eid later on ia the year
be has . fiking for this one Of
hia masters guests, which. surly or sly
- Giles may Be, grows on him, and
e fsd By every little thing that passes.
e nay b OnlF . word in praise
e ~ exploits Of another, Or . lAhgh
aeesif, or kindly tgueh e cansidsEa-
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-10
AN ExTInCr RlRp.
aoW the Ones Sumerous Great AUX Family
Wa EHferrninafed-

How the Oncs Numernus Great Aux Family
was E1ierminated-
Sixty or seventy years ago the birds
we're exceedingly common slong the
lOrthern coast. coming ss far south as
Nahant But warfare was commenced
lpOn them. aud. though Il hardly
seems possible, their extermlnation is
doubtless complete; the last living bird
having been killed In 1914. on 9 group
II Islands called Funglasker, Of the
southwest coast Of Iceland.
In the last century. these blsds,
which were large, handsome and Strik-
ing In appearance, we're common ~
The Farce Islands; and. As they we're
found 70 be good eating, they were
slaughtered By the boat-load. not only
Tor Immediate use, but to he dried and
preserved. They we're finally driver
to q desplate rock that was considered
inaccessible; but one calm day q
TsrOese vessel succeeded in making =
landing, Snd the crew destroyed nearly
the entire roOkery. A few birds e.
capped to sea and returned after the de-
parture Of the men. and for q time were
safe. Then. as II nature herself were
In league against them. the rock a few
years later was engulfed BY a subma-
rins eruption.
The few remaining great auks now
assembled and formed q rOOkery on 3
rock called Eldey. where. for fourteen
years. they lived a precarious exist
snce. During that time sixty Of theii
number were taken. and finally the
last pair was destroyed. Their history
in other localities is very similar 70
this That the birds were once com
mon on the Maine coast IS shown By
the fact thst their bones are found In
the Oyster-shell heaps At various parts
d the shore.
At the same time and in the same
locality with the great aux. lived the
Labrador duck, a fine bird. quite rare
even in collections. a.sd now totally ex.
tinet The last known nfiug specimen
was killed BY Colonel Wedderburn. Of
Halifax, in 1852.
In similar way the curious dOdo.
which was q giant pigeon. was exter.
minated. The sailors who visited the
island Of Mauritius used to kill them In
mere Wanton sport
The SoiOrHis, . beautiful rail Of New
Zealand. has become extinct probably
within the memory Of some Of our read
'ers. lie determination also being due
70 man. And In our own time, we zee
the buffalo being crowded farther and
farther into the mountains. and almost
extsrminated from our Western plsinA
-CRarlss Frederick Holder, N s.
GiskoIaS.